Planting before the May long weekend? It depends what you want to grow, and how [Video]

As sure as spring frost turns to morning dew, gardeners are once again weighing the old maxim that you shouldn’t plant before the May long weekend if you want to reap a healthy harvest.

Should you wait for June’s first moon? Or does a changing climate mean an earlier final frost?

More than a dozen early spring shoppers were browsing the hollyhocks, roses and compost at the east-end location of Ritchie Feed and Seed when CBC News visited on a recent weekday morning to ask about their long weekend plans. 

“That has changed. It’s now the middle of May,” said Sheila Lang, who was looking for climbing roses. “I guess it’s global warming or whatever.”

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